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Hi everyone,
I am having a weird problem.
I have a friend's G2X that received the OTA and is up and running with official Gingerbread. Problem is the phone at some random point blacks out and you cannot wake it up or power it up without removing the battery and reinserting it.
So I thought why not use NvFlasher and flash CWM and then load a custom rom, see if that fixes these issues...
Using Windows 7 64-bit, I removed battery, held Volume UP/DOWN pressed while plugging in the USB, but nothing happened, no notification from windows...
Tried it on 2 other computers, no luck....
My G2X is fine and it comes up as APX device when performing the steps above, but when using my friend's G2X, nothing happens...
Does anybody know what to do at this point?
I tried performing Factory Reset on the phone, couple of times, it seems it does not help since the problem is still happening...
My computer is fine, USB ports are fine, my phone is recognized, but his is not...
My 1st G2x used to shutoff by itself, but I didn't have any problems with nVflash....
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No one shoot me but try just volume down or up.... On mine its just volume down but the first g2x I had it was volume up and down...
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I dont know if it makes a difference or not but try checking his usb debugging. that may be your problem. Settings-applications-development-usb debugging. Also be sure unknown sources is checked. I have had a few different roms, Faux AOSP, Trigger, and X-Boarders along with a couple others and I still have that deal every now and then when It wont wake up unless I pull the battery. Hope you dont but wanted you to know its not just your phone. I believe it is something in the hardware causing it.
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I dont know if it makes a difference or not but try checking his usb debugging. that may be your problem. Settings-applications-development-usb debugging. Also be sure unknown sources is checked. I have had a few different roms, Faux AOSP, Trigger, and X-Boarders along with a couple others and I still have that deal every now and then when It wont wake up unless I pull the battery. Hope you dont but wanted you to know its not just your phone. I believe it is something in the hardware causing it.
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That wouldn't make a difference, because the phone isn't loaded into a ROM when S/W update is running.
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No one shoot me but try just volume down or up.... On mine its just volume down but the first g2x I had it was volume up and down...
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Tried all combinations, no go...
I am assuming the update messed something up. My next option is to get to a Windows XP machine and try the .kdz file and restore using that see if that helps...
Ok tried using the KDZ flasher and KDZ file on an XP machine and it went through with the update, or at least it seems like it did.
But the random blackout where I have to pull the battery and reinsert for the phone to come back on still happens and intermittent wifi problems as well...
Not sure if there is anything else I can do...
I will continue trying to get the phone into APX mode in order to use NvFlasher...
I have two G2x that do the Sleep Of Death - we now manually restart once a day, and that significantly reduced if not eliminated the problem. Or shall I say masked the problem...
My main problem on this G2x is that I cannot get it into the APX mode in order to use NvFlasher to flash CWM...
No matter what I do, what button combination or how long I wait the device never enters that mode...
Is there any other way to get the phone in APX mode?
After many, many tries, it finally worked!
I must have tried 50 times to plug it in to get it into APX mode.
Finally I removed the micro SD card and tried one more time and voila it worked.
I pressed volume UP first then Volume DOWN and kept holding them, plugged in and windows recognized it finally... whew!
Okay so I was in the process of installing gingerbread on my phone with Odin when my phone just turned off unexpectedly. Not thinking anything of it, I turned it back on to this weird screen and the phone is stuck here. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached a picture of the screen for reference. Thanks.
Don't know if it'll help since I haven't had this problem before but, try removing the battery (just to get rid of that screen for now), then without even turning it on, go straight to Download mode and return it back to stock using GTG's procedure.
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How do I go about doing that? How do I put it into download without turning it on?
Pull Batt, Hold the volume up and down rocker....put batt back in and plug in your USB cable that is plugged into your Computer.
you should be in DL mode after that.
Okay that's what I thought you meant, but I wanted to clarify because I tried that before and I tried it again just now and still the same thing. The screen is slightly different, but basically the same.
does it boot at all, into a logo or anything?
without a method to get to Recovery or DL mode......i would think you needed a Jig to accomplish getting your phone back to a working state.
No it doesn't boot to anything. Just comes on to that screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147636
this is the Jig i was speaking of........otherwise you may just have to return it.
No you don't have to return it. It will go into dl mode. Hold volume up and down and insert USB cable. Open odin and reflash.
That is a static rainbow screen. I ran into that among others while trying to flash it. I just gave up and flashed to stock and reflashed miui. There are some who did have success in getting it to boot but not me.
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No you don't have to return it. It will go into dl mode. Hold volume up and down and insert USB cable. Open odin and reflash.
That is a static rainbow screen. I ran into that among others while trying to flash it. I just gave up and flashed to stock and reflashed miui. There are some who did have success in getting it to boot but not me.
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if you had the same screen/problem how did you get into DL mode to reflash stock.
this may help him out.
Okay so the jig is something that I have to buy? And TOA Duck how did you reflash to stock from this? Thanks.
infamousosiris said:
Okay so the jig is something that I have to buy? And TOA Duck how did you reflash to stock from this? Thanks.
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you could make it, just resisters and a gutted USB cable. but for 8 bucks to have a DL mode fix is kind of worth it.
i have only bricked my Cappy like that though, and i made one at work.
Goto gtg's ultimate unbrick thread in development and read through the directions for unbricking.
All I did to get into dl mode was pull battery, reinsert battery, hold vol up and down together and plug in USB.
Don't make the mistake I made the first few times trying to get into dl mode and hold power button along with. ONLY hold the 2 volume keys.
I understand where you are coming from. I thought my phone was f--ked too when I got that static screen.
Hope it helps
Edit,.... my dl mode screen looked different than the usual one this time. It looked like a computer and a phone side by side with an ! Between them. No worries its still dl mode.
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Okay well I don't know what happened, but I was able to reflash to stock somehow. I did the process for getting to the download screen, but the rainbow screen showed up so I just decided to act like it was there and hit the volume up and it showed up in odin finally and I was able to flash it. Thanks for the help everyone!
Hand claps, im glad it was an easy fix.
Kudos to you for not freaking out or giving up.
*applause*
Okay I got it working again and reflashed the stock ROM using GTG. But now that its running its running like crap and the second I turn on the phone it gives me like 5 notifications that some apps have stopped unexpectedly and I have to force close them. Not only that, but now every time that I open an app it almost immediately closes saying that it has stopped unexpectedly and needs to be force closed. Any ideas on what might be causing this? I'm thinking that it has something to do with the reflash, but I'm not sure. Oh also on a smaller note, my market app is completely different as far as how it looks. Not a big deal but just thought it was interesting. Thanks.
i always a fan of reflashing.....lol
since you got it past that rainbow of death, i would go back to stock one more time wipe EVERYTHING and go from there....the Force Closes is not a Huge deal. usually happens from a bad install or using TiBu to restore sys data.
so Flash away,
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that kind of screen happens when you use the lagfix with a rom in 2.2 base and change it from rfs. you have to put it back to rfs and try the rom you installed again or you have to reflash back to stock. This has primarily happened to me when going from a 2.2 base rom to a 2.3 rom
i've tried everything and pressed every combination of buttons forever. please just post anything you can think of to help me thanks
I don't mess with samsungs much, but if you search there is a program to reset the phone in this situation.
i tried the one-click unbricking tool but it can't detect my phone cause i can't cause it to get into download mode.
Joshbro, did you get to this situation by attempting to root, mod a little prematurely?
I use a Galaxy Ace, and completely - all but absolutely - bricked my phone in December, and had to return it for a new one.
The reason was because I rooted my phone - a harmless action - but tried modding it, without enough insight as to potential problems.
The biggest problem for Galaxy Ace users, as I read, was installing and then using ROM Manager.
All I did was use the Back Up option, and when it went to restart, it didn't. Ever.
I learned a lot the following few hours, most of which didn't stick because I was in panic mode.
But essentially, I went through Oden, Kies, etc. I connected the phone, and eventually, when holding the Power, Home and Volume Down button, I saw a faint glimpse of hope.
Unfortunately, that's where the hope stopped.
I liken it to CPR.
My phone was dead, but there was a faint pulse. Upon attempting mouth to mouth, all I was greeted with was barf in the mouth.
So, you could be screwed.
Unless someone has another idea.
How'd you get to this point?
lol. nice example and yah i tried to get a mod that would turn my home buttons into led notifications for texts and stuff.
I bricked my s2 mistenly flashing NOTE ROM!!!
After many attempts I downloaded kies update and drivers. I then connected my sg pressed power volume home key for a while. then i heard a sound and drivers been installed on my pc. flashed rom via odin and what do you the screen come on and its working.
nice
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Hey guys I need some help asap! I have had my Nexus 5 for about 2 weeks now. I had rooted it and put in cwm recovery. The other day I had switched over art from Dalvik. Later in the day I was using linux deploy from the app store. About an hour after when i was browsing the web the device returned an error stating that the devices memory was full..... I knew there was no way. I powered off the device and that was the last of it. It does not power on in the traditional sense it does not go into recovery it does not go into fastboot and it certainly not the OS. Just a black screen. However it does get recognized as a QHUSB device when connected to a PC after fussing with the drivers adb or fastboot drivers no matter the version do not work the device will appear in device manager as though it is there but running adb devices or fastboot devices returns no devices. After extensive driver version attempts and toold nexus rootkit etc i have found that the slightly responsive driver for anything is the LG AndroidNet Diagnostic driver. Although QPST hangs when trying to download via Sahara and CDMA workshop will connect but it does it fails when trying to read from phone. I know there are tools for devices in the same situation. Is there one for the nexus 5? Or can someone help me recover this bad boy? This version is the google play version and not the t-mobile or sprint variant. HEEELP!!!!!!!!!! Thanks.
Try to turn off your phone. I know it looks like it is turned off but it's not. Press power button about 10secs then release it and then press and hold it with the two volume keys. You should find yourself in the bootloader and there you could flash stock rom back.
If that not works. Connect the phone to the pc. Open up device manager. Press and hols power button and when the qhusb dissapears press and hold both volume keys while you still pressing the power key. You may end up again in qhsusb, try to wait a little bit more with the pressing both volume keys after each try.
I hope it will work, but I know a guy who bricked his device like you with cwm, his phone also appears as qhusb device on the pc and he could not recover.
Tha last thing you can do is send it back to google to recive a replacement device.
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Tried it
bitdomo said:
Try to turn off your phone. I know it looks like it is turned off but it's not. Press power button about 10secs then release it and then press and hold it with the two volume keys. You should find yourself in the bootloader and there you could flash stock rom back.
If that not works. Connect the phone to the pc. Open up device manager. Press and hols power button and when the qhusb dissapears press and hold both volume keys while you still pressing the power key. You may end up again in qhsusb, try to wait a little bit more with the pressing both volume keys after each try.
I hope it will work, but I know a guy who bricked his device like you with cwm, his phone also appears as qhusb device on the pc and he could not recover.
Tha last thing you can do is send it back to google to recive a replacement device.
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Thank you, I have tried that and it does not work. My fear is that I will not be able to return as I have pulled the battery and have custom software.
I was hoping there was some way to recover when the device is in the LG Android diagnostic mode.
joutcast said:
Thank you, I have tried that and it does not work. My fear is that I will not be able to return as I have pulled the battery and have custom software.
I was hoping there was some way to recover when the device is in the LG Android diagnostic mode.
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Why did you pull the battery? You could have rma'd it.
jd1639 said:
Why did you pull the battery? You could have rma'd it.
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Thank you your comment is of help right now....
joutcast said:
Thank you, I have tried that and it does not work. My fear is that I will not be able to return as I have pulled the battery and have custom software.
I was hoping there was some way to recover when the device is in the LG Android diagnostic mode.
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If there is no traces or signs you removed the battery (like finger prints or damaged back cover) then google will never find out you have custom rom on your device, because they cant turn it on. It does not worth the effort to google to somehow hack the data out from the broken flash chip. What they will do is that they try to turn it on, then they see it is not possible so they flas stock rom through qhusb ans that wipes all the data of your phone and reformat everything. Or maybe unbricking the device does not wort the effort too and google just send you a replacement device.
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bitdomo said:
If there is no traces or signs you removed the battery (like finger prints or damaged back cover) then google will never find out you have custom rom on your device, because they cant turn it on. It does not worth the effort to google to somehow hack the data out from the broken flash chip. What they will do is that they try to turn it on, then they see it is not possible so they flas stock rom through qhusb ans that wipes all the data of your phone and reformat everything. Or maybe unbricking the device does not wort the effort too and google just send you a replacement device.
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OK, GREAT that first option they do....DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT???? I know it can be done on other devices as shown in the link below
http://forum.legija.net/showthread....g-galaxy-S4-(i9505-and-similar)-via-USB-Cable
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OK, GREAT that first option they do....DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DO THAT????
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You are asking for help with it. To answer your question. It's called jtag and lots of people know how to do it. I'd look for "mobile tech videos". QHUSB is a true brick.
EDIT: Or you could just RMA it. I think that might have been what you where asking to begin with. lol
@joutcast dude it sounds bricked. I'm sure Google will give you another device if you RMA it.
I'm very serious. Im Not being smart about it. I highly doubt Google will do anything to check unless you left obvious traces of it being tampered.
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You need to JTAG it. It'll cost you about $65 and you'll have a working phone again. I'd check craigslist for JTAG in your area, a lot of people are doing it now.
And stop being so sensitive.
Work the problem and not each other.
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You need to JTAG it. It'll cost you about $65 and you'll have a working phone again. I'd check craigslist for JTAG in your area, a lot of people are doing it now.
And stop being so sensitive.
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Sensitivity is what I do best LOL. I went ahead with the RMA route and have been with out a phone for over 15 days. The reason being I am unemployed and could not afford the $450 for an advanced replacement. I still have not heard a peep out of Google as to when I can even think about getting a tracking number from them..... What cracks me up is the fact that if I had done an advanced RMA the hold on my card would of fallen off a long time ago and at that point they still would not have any security on the device. Not only that they have had my phone since Tuesday of this week.
Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I can get it into Download mode for all of 2 seconds, and then it appears the phone shuts off.
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Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Have you try the 3 buttons method to see where it get you? volum down + home button + power.
buhohitr said:
Have you try the 3 buttons method to see where it get you? volum down + home button + power.
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The power button didn't seem to be responding.
TristanR said:
The power button didn't seem to be responding.
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Try the Hard Brick debrick method in the Q/A section
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Sandman-007 said:
Try the Hard Brick debrick method in the Q/A section
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That unfortunately didn't work. Does the same thing as it did before hand. I did notice that I can get it into download mode for a second or two. Does that help me at all?
By the way, it says recovery booting when it turns on following that guide.
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That unfortunately didn't work. Does the same thing as it did before hand. I did notice that I can get it into download mode for a second or two. Does that help me at all?
By the way, it says recovery booting when it turns on following that guide.
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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Ah, it said it wrote successfully the first time so I left it at that. I'll definitely try rewriting it several more times. Thanks for the clarification. I'll update once I have the time to try it
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Try to repeat the process, rewrite the image to your sdcard, then try again (usually obtain results after 3-4 trials). Make sure you pull the battery, then insert the sdcard....like the instruction said!
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So i just tried doing that about 10 times, and I still have no luck. Is there anything else I can do?
TristanR said:
So i just tried doing that about 10 times, and I still have no luck. Is there anything else I can do?
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JTAG is your next bet!
TristanR said:
Hey all. So I put my phone back to stock, followed all the guides to the ".". I then took the OTA update to 4.3, and now I believe I have the sudden death brick. When i attempt to power on my phone, it just keeps vibrating, and won't actually start. I was wondering if there are any fixes to this or am I SoL? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I can get it into Download mode for all of 2 seconds, and then it appears the phone shuts off.
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I feel like I have asked this a lot lately, if you remove your battery and put it back in does it turn on without you touching the power button?
ThePagel said:
I feel like I have asked this a lot lately, if you remove your battery and put it back in does it turn on without you touching the power button?
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It is... Is that bad?
TristanR said:
It is... Is that bad?
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What he's saying possible your button stuck in a closed position!
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What he's saying possible your button stuck in a closed position!
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Is that a fixable thing? Or should I give up and send it to someone to fix
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Is that a fixable thing? Or should I give up and send it to someone to fix
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This sound crazy but works for many with power button issue:
"Today my phone kept turning off for no reason. Instead of hitting it on the table, this time i hit it against my washer on the rounded corner so i can precisely hit the power button. I had to do it like 10 times but its back up and running. I think its better to do it this way as the washer is plastic. Just a precaution so you don't break your phone"
Also ThePagel had suggested to some folks on this forum and they said it works!
Give it a try, if not working, maybe you need to hit it a little bit harder..without breaking your phone..
Give it a shot! When it happened to me I put a crappy thumb drive under my mouse pad and made sure only the button area got the impact. Be careful doing this. To light and it won't work, to hard and you might crack your screen. You might need to hit it a few times at "just the right speed" before the power button gets unstuck. Make sure you take your battery out as a safety precaution.
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This sound crazy but works for many with power button issue:
"Today my phone kept turning off for no reason. Instead of hitting it on the table, this time i hit it against my washer on the rounded corner so i can precisely hit the power button. I had to do it like 10 times but its back up and running. I think its better to do it this way as the washer is plastic. Just a precaution so you don't break your phone"
Also ThePagel had suggested to some folks on this forum and they said it works!
Give it a try, if not working, maybe you need to hit it a little bit harder..without breaking your phone..
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Give it a shot! When it happened to me I put a crappy thumb drive under my mouse pad and made sure only the button area got the impact. Be careful doing this. To light and it won't work, to hard and you might crack your screen. You might need to hit it a few times at "just the right speed" before the power button gets unstuck. Make sure you take your battery out as a safety precaution.
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So, it just randomly turned it self back on, and I am thinking this may be an issue with software more than anything, because I also noticed on one point in the screen, without me even touching the phone, you will see the blip of something touching it. I am wondering if maybe I didn't properly flash stock back on or something. I also noticed the bootloader software is running on rev 1 and not 3. Is there a way to use Kies or something to just erase all the contents on the phone and reinstall it like new without having to throw it in download mode? I am rather concerned now about turning it off now that it may actually be at a point where I can fix it.
Maybe this is actually just a hardware error. I am really unsure. Either way, ever since I recieved the OTA 4.3, the splash screen says "Custom". At the very least does anyone have any idea how to get rid of that so I can just call up samsung since it's a shade under a year and if it is hardware I can just get a new phone.
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So, it just randomly turned it self back on, and I am thinking this may be an issue with software more than anything, because I also noticed on one point in the screen, without me even touching the phone, you will see the blip of something touching it. I am wondering if maybe I didn't properly flash stock back on or something. I also noticed the bootloader software is running on rev 1 and not 3. Is there a way to use Kies or something to just erase all the contents on the phone and reinstall it like new without having to throw it in download mode? I am rather concerned now about turning it off now that it may actually be at a point where I can fix it.
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The fact that it powered up when you put the battery in tells me its more hardware than software. The only way to reflash 4.3 from here is Odin or Verizon utility. kies might be pushing 4.3 by now (wasn't last time I checked) but anyway you pick it will do a full erase. Even if you could redo the ota it could still hard brick your phone if it restarts in the middle of installing. Are you sure you have the ota and not one of the 4 or 5 4.3 stock roms?
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The fact that it powered up when you put the battery in tells me its more hardware than software. The only way to reflash 4.3 from here is Odin or Verizon utility. kies might be pushing 4.3 by now (wasn't last time I checked) but anyway you pick it will do a full erase. Even if you could redo the ota it could still hard brick your phone if it restarts in the middle of installing. Are you sure you have the ota and not one of the 4 or 5 4.3 stock roms?
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actually had the battery in for a while. Kies does do 4.3 now. (Kies 3). I don't mind if i do a full erase, I have everything backed up in several locations already. I honestly just want to get this working, or something.
* any way you pick will require you to go into download mode including kies.
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TristanR said:
actually had the battery in for a while. Kies does do 4.3 now. (Kies 3). I don't mind if i do a full erase, I have everything backed up in several locations already. I honestly just want to get this working, or something.
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Kies 3 shouldn't be compatible with our phones. Besides Odin and even the Verizon utility runs much better than kies. it is a system hog with the chance of crashing in the middle of the install.
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Kids 3 shouldn't be comparable with our phones. Besides Odin and even the Verizon utility runs much better than kies. it is a system hog with the chance of crashing in the midfle of the install.
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Alright. Guess I'll do my best to get it into odin mode. Thanks for the help everyone. Hope I can eventually get this up and running again.